Posted on 4/9/19
Bank of America to Raise Minimum Wage to $20 by 2021
Bank of America Corp. announced Tuesday that it will raise its company minimum wage to $20 over a two-year period, or by 2021.The increase will occur . . .
Posted on 4/9/19
North Carolina Company Recalls Over 28 Tons of Stuffed Sandwich Products
J & J Snack Foods Handhelds Corp., a Holly Ridge, North Carolina-based company, is recalling approximately 56,578 pounds of stuffed sandwich products that may be contaminated . . .
Posted on 4/9/19
Tanger CEO Earned $6.97M in 2018, Down Slightly
The chief executive officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. earned $6.97 million in 2018, down slightly from a year prior.Steven Tanger, whose father, Stanley, began . . .
Posted on 4/8/19
Chanticleer Holdings Enters into Partnership with Restaurant Revolution Technologies
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:BURG), owner, operator, and franchisor of multiple nationally recognized restaurant brands, today announced that it . . .
Posted on 4/8/19
Charles & Colvard Named the Official Jewelry Sponsor of the North Carolina Courage
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTHR), the original and leading worldwide source of created moissanite, today . . .
Posted on 4/8/19
PRA Health Sciences Receives CRO Leadership Awards
RALEIGH, N.C., April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PRA Health Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce it has won a 2019 CRO Leadership Award in the . . .
Posted on 4/8/19
Circle K is Laying off 50 Employees in Sanford
Circle K, a convenience store franchise, announced that it’s laying off 50 workers in its Sanford, North Carolina, office.Circle K cited the reasoning for the layoffs . . .
Posted on 4/8/19
2019’s Best & Worst States for Millennials – WalletHub Study
Loved by marketers yet vilified by media, millennials are at once the most popular and unpopular generation alive. They’re projected to become the largest in 2019, . . .
Posted on 4/7/19
Live Oak Bancshares Execs Saw Rise in 2018 Compensation
Several executives of Live Oak Bancshares Inc., a Wilmington-based bank holding company, saw increased 2018 compensation according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . . .
Posted on 4/7/19
Mass Mutual Will Lay Off 164 Workers in Charlotte
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. will permanently close its Charlotte branch, laying off 164 workers, according to a noticed filed with the North Carolina Department of . . .
Posted on 4/5/19
Management Matters – Identify & Reduce Bias about Your Employees
Prejudice and bias comes in a variety of shapes and forms and it can be found living well in any manager’s office. If you are interested . . .
Posted on 4/5/19
Sealed Air CEO Compensation Tripled in 2018
The CEO of Charlotte-based Sealed Air Corp. made over $8.9 million in 2018, more than triple the $2.9 million he made in 2017.According to a filing . . .
Posted on 4/5/19
ContraVir Terminates Licensing Agreement for Chimerix Drug
Chimerix Inc. reported Thursday that another company has indicated its intention to terminate a licensing agreement for a drug owned by Chimerix.ContraVir Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical . . .
Posted on 4/5/19
Bandwidth Director Bailey Continues to Shed Holdings
A board member of Bandwidth Inc., a communications technology services company, continues to sell stock.Brian D. Bailey, who joined the Bandwidth board of directors in 2013, . . .
Posted on 4/4/19
Zift Solutions Introduces ZiftONE Enterprise Channel Management Platform
Enterprise Channel Management Leader Zift Solutions has debuted ZiftONE, the first and only all-in-one platform that connects and simplifies channel sales, marketing, and operations for indirect . . .
Posted on 4/4/19
Old Dominion is Putting One of its Trucks in the Outfield at Citi Field
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Thomasville, North Carolina, will have a replica of one of its trucks in the outfield of . . .
Posted on 4/3/19
New South Wealth Management Announces Movie Premier, Special Seminar for Women and Sponsorship of Carolina Energy
New South Wealth Management (NSWM), a venture that believes in empowering communities with different strategies to manage money and grow financially, has announced a number of . . .
Posted on 4/3/19
LendingTree Chief Accounting Officer Profits $5.6M from Stock Sale
The chief accounting officer of LendingTree, an online loan marketplace, profited $5.6 million by exercising options and then selling the stock of the Charlotte-based company, according . . .
Posted on 4/3/19
2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States – WalletHub Study
After the Great Recession, it became clear that more people needed to learn financial literacy. The housing-market collapse and following financial crisis reminded Americans of our . . .
Posted on 4/3/19
NC State Professor Thomas Ranney Gets Patent for New Shrub
N.C. State University professor Thomas Ranney received on Tuesday a patent for a new type of outdoor shrub.The P3 patent is for a new and distinct . . .
Posted on 4/3/19
Precision BioSciences Closes IPO
DURHAM, N.C., April 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Precision BioSciences (Nasdaq: DTIL), a genome editing company dedicated to improving life (DTIL) through its proprietary ARCUS genome . . .
Posted on 4/2/19
2019 Tax Burden by State & Tax Facts – WalletHub Study
On April 15, Uncle Sam will once again take his cut of the past year’s earnings. And many taxpayers are already wondering how that will affect . . .
Posted on 4/2/19
VF Files to Spin Jeans Business into a Separate Company
VF Corp., the clothing and footwear company, filed Monday to separate its jeans operation into an independent, publicly traded company.The new company, named Kontoor Brands Inc., . . .
Posted on 4/2/19
Duke Energy Ordered to Excavate all Remaining Coal Ash Sites
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has ordered Duke Energy LLC and Duke Energy Progress LLC to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North . . .
Posted on 4/2/19
Piedmont Natural Gas Proposes 9% Rate Hike, its First in Six Years
Piedmont Natural Gas filed a request with the North Carolina Utilities Commission to raise its base rate by 9 percent, its first increase in six years.If . . .
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